A human case of Plagiorchis muris (Tanabe, 1922: Digenea) infection in the Republic of Korea: Freshwater fish as a possible source of infection

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 647-649

  Hong, Sung Jong ^b   Woo, Ho Choon ^b   Chai, Jong Yil ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FISH; HUMAN; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS;

ECHINOSTOMA HORTENSE; LIOBAGRUS; METAGONIMUS TAKAHASHII; ODONTOBUTIS; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; PLAGIORCHIS MURIS; TREMATODA;

EID: 0029764653     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3283795     Document Type: Article

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